266 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Stamens 4, slightly exsert, inserted between the corolla-lobes at the top 

 of the tube ; filaments slender ; anthers small, ovate, cells dehiscing on 

 the margins or somewhat extrorsely. Ovary conical, glabrous ; style 

 slender, subulate, -04: in. long ; cells 2, ovules in each cell apparently 2. 

 Drupe globose, "2 to -3 in. in diam. ; dark greenish-blue when ripe, 

 exocarp thin, fleshy, endocarp crustaceous. Seed 1, testa membranous; 

 albumen fleshy, ruminate ; cotyledons oblong, flat, narrow ; radicle 

 superior. 



Peeak : Scortechini 414 — at Thaipeng ; Wray 682 ; King's Collector 

 5029, 6978. 



The structure of the wood, so far as the examination of a very small branch goes, 

 confirms the placing of this plant in the genus Osmanthus. 



To this species seems also to belong King's Collector 3663, which has a bright red 

 drupe reaching -5 in. in length, slightly ribbed and with a spathulate embryo having 

 the radicle nearly as long as the cotyledons, each •! in. It maybe called Var. oblonga. 



3. LiNOCiEEA, Swartz. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers small, in axillary 

 or extra-axillary, rarely terminal, panicles or cymes ; bracts generally 

 small, sometimes rather enlarged and leafy ; bracteoles very small. 

 Calyx small, 4-fid or -toothed. Corolla of 4 petals, long or short, nearly 

 free or cohering by pairs or very shortly connate, induplicate-valvate in 

 bud. Stamens 2, rarely 4, inserted at the base of the petals and usually 

 between the two cohering ones ; filaments short ; anthers elliptic or 

 oblong, dehiscing on the margin or slightly extrorse ; connective broad, 

 often apiculate. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous from 

 its apex ; style short ; stigma bifid or entire. Druj^e globose or ellip- 

 soid ; exocarp fleshy, thin, endocarp bony or crustaceous. Seed usually 

 solitary, pendulous ; testa thin ; albumen fleshy or 0, if fleshy the coty- 

 ledons flattened, radicle superior. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, species about 40. 



Leaves over 4 in. long, main-nerves prominent beneath : — 



Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, drupe -75 in. long . . . . 1. L. pauciflora. 



Panicles 2 to 4 in. long, drupe 1-7 in. long . . . . 2. L. macrocarpa. 



Panicles 1"5 to 2 in. long, drupe not known . . . . 3. L. paludosa. 



Leaves under 4 in. long, main-nerves obscure beneath, cymes 

 scarcely 1 in. long . . . . . . . . ..4.1/. caudata. 



1. LiNOCiERA PAUCIFLORA, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 609 

 (1882). A small tree, reaching 30 to 40 feet in height and 1-5 to 2 feet in 

 diam. of stem; branches moderately stout, pale grey, smooth, swollen 

 at the nodes, internodes slightly angular; branchlets darker coloured. 



